WV HIVAMP Training:
These sessions will be held on Tuesday mornings from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm. HIVAMP will share evening case-based webinar sessions with WVHAMP.
Learning Objectives for WV HIVAMP
- Describe how HIV causes clinical illness
- List the risks for acquiring HIV
- Explain how to diagnose HIV
- Identify who should be screened for HIV infection
- Describe the opt out approach to screening
- Identify the symptoms of acute HIV
- Describe the association of the CD4+ cell count with the risk for specific illnesses
- Identify when initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is recommended for patients with HIV
- List the preferred ART regimens for treatment-naive patients and characteristics of each
- Describe how HIV treatment is monitored
- Explain why it is recommended to monitor for drug toxicity and check for drug-drug interactions when using ART with other medications
- Identify key drug-drug interactions with the US Public Health Service guidelines preferred initial HIV treatments
